Ecotoxicology: Objectives, principles and perspectives

Effects of zinc on the life-cycle, growth and reproduction of the marine amphipod Corophium volutator

“…Ecotoxicology differs from classical toxicology in that, rather than being concerned with the study of toxic effects on individual organisms, it addresses the impact of pollutants on populations, communities and ecosystems (Truhaut 1977). The current approach used in aquatic ecotoxicology for investigating population level effects involves the use of life-tables and demographic studies.…”

Exploring green criminology: toward a green criminological revolution

“…according to Truhaut (1977) the effects of chemical pollutants could be observed and studied in supraspecific ecosystems. Specifically, Truhaut stated that this approach included studying the fate and cycling of pollutants in ecosystems.…”

“…As a subfield of toxicology, ecotoxicology began in 1969 and is linked to the work of René Truhaut who defined it as "the branch of toxicology concerned with the study of toxic effects, caused by natural or synthetic pollutants, to the constituents of ecosystems, animal (including human), vegetable and microbial, in an integral context" (Truhaut, 1977). Forbes and Forbes (1994: 2) argue that the academic origins of ecotoxicology emerged from the integration of toxicological with ecological science proposed by Truhaut's work for the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) (Forbes and Forbes, 1994: 4).…”

Microbial ecotoxicology: an emerging discipline facing contemporary environmental threats

“…The history of microbial ecotoxicology pops up recently (Ghiglione et al 2014) decades after the emergence of ecotoxicology (Truhaut 1977). Such investigation arose because of tremendous technological breakthroughs in the last decades by applying molecular tools such as next-generation sequencing giving new insight in estimating the abundance, structure and diversity of microbial community in complex environments (Tautz et al 2010, Ghiglione et al 2012.…”